Joanna Newsom - Sapokanikan

A: Joanna Newsom
S: Sapokanikan
C: Divers

Well, this is pretty different. Maybe not modern, but contemporary. Imagine Kate Bush and Regina Spektor getting married and raising a daughter - enter Joanna Newsom, an American harpist, keyboardist, vocalist, songwriter and actress (Portlandia, y'all!). 

... the records they left are cryptic at best.